Photo Tips

The following photo tips will help keep you on the right track when taking that "perfect photo".

The first thing that must be done is to centralise the subject of the photo. If that is a single subject it might look like this. You can see that there is equal space all sides of the subject and your focus is drawn to the centre.

If you have multiple subjects in your photo it may be like this. As you can see, it is impossible to focus on any individual so by having equal space around the subjects, the focus is spread evenly.

If you are taking a close up photo, the rule of thirds should be used. Look at this photo

Now imagine that you divide the photo into thirds from left to right and from top to bottom. The head of the subject should be in the middle third in both directions.

For an extreme facial close up the eyes should appear in the middle third. Subject should be simply centralised from left to right, no thirds in this case.

The grid lines below show how the eyes should be in the middle third

When you are having a person in your photo but you also want to highlight a physical feature close by, you leave space in the direction the subject is looking. The focus is on the impressive landscape but also the person in the photo.

Here is another example. Both the subject and the bridge get equal focus and attention from the viewer.

These are some of the basic photo tips to work by. You should also check out the mistakes to avoid page which will give you a few more pointers on how to improve your photography.

It is very important to centralise the subject of your photograph correctly. You also need to know how to centralise multiple subjects. Close ups on people's faces follow the rule of thirds. All of these are outlined in the photo tips section

Having a light source behind the subject of your photo will cause the subject to not have adequate light. The background of your photo may have trees or poles. These need to be angled such that they do not appear to "grow" out of the subjects body or head. All of this is outlined in the



digital photography course on photo errors to avoid.

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